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We were elated by the great response we received for the #ATsAre Social Media Contest as far as the great number and quality of entries. We could not have predicted that when it came to choosing the winner the effort would be even more amazing. Supporters turned out in force to the tune of over 15, 000 votes being cast. Congratulations to West Chester University’s Amy Toner (@93AmyT) who will receive the grand prize of free registration, airfare and lodging for NATA 2015.

By Thad Walker, MS, ATC
Millikin University
 

by John Doherty, ATC, PT
 

The #ATsAre Social Media Contest ended last week and the response was fantastic. We received nearly 150 photo entries and the hashtag was used almost 900 times during the contest. So who will be taking home the prizes? Well, that’s where we need your help. We were so impressed by the creativity shown in the number of entries we received that we had a hard time choosing who we thought was the very best. We did manage to narrow it down to 15 of our favorite entries (which was a tough task in itself!) but now we need your help to choose the winners.

Dear NATA member,
 
The NATA Board of Directors recently approved a technical change to the association’s bylaws. There are two types of bylaws changes - one is substantive, which requires member votes at our district meetings. These are significant changes such as board member term limits. The second type, technical changes, are to clean up or clarify language. As a matter of process, we ensured the change we are sharing with you today was a technical one with NATA’s legal counsel.
 

In her office at Radio City Music Hall, old magazines and photos of the Radio City Rockettes through the years decorate the walls. As she sits at her desk, Elaine Winslow-Redmond, MS, ATC, EMT, head athletic trainer and director of athletic training and wellness for the Radio City Rockettes, recalls how the cozy room once served as the entire athletic training treatment area many years ago.
 

by John Doherty, ATC, PT

NATA and other entities supportive of athletic training came to the defense of the profession over the summer after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that could have negatively affected athletic trainers if implemented as written.
 
This work paid off on Friday, Oct. 31, when CMS released the final rule and decided not to move forward with the proposed changes.
 

A few weeks ago we started a new social media contest that accompanied the unveiling of our new convention website. It was built around the philosophy that there are many words that can be used to describe athletic trainers, but only one word that brings them all together, that word being convention. So we put the call out to tell us what word you think best describes ATs and post it using the hashtag #ATsAre with a photo or video.